Amelia Earhart: Life and Disappearance

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She is the most famous female pilot in history. Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we'll be learning more about the life and accomplishments of Amelia Earhart. Born July 24th, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, Earhart first became interested in air travel after witnessing a flying exhibition by an ace pilot in her late teens. In 1920, she and her father took a trip to an airfield for a ten-minute flight. Following this, she took odd jobs to earn the money to pay for flying lessons, which she finally began on January 3rd, 1921. By October of 1922, she was already setting records, becoming the first woman to fly to 14,000 feet. Finally on May 15th, 1923, she was issued her pilot's license, making her only the 16th woman to have one. She set a number of other records both as a woman and as a pilot. But her biggest triumph was to be a flight across the world in 1937. After a first attempt in March failed, a second attempt was planned for June. Departing from New Guinea three days later, the aviators planned to land on Howland Island. However, upon their approach, the pair was unable to locate the island and was running low on gas. After a number of voice transmissions from the aircraft, contact was eventually lost. An official search began almost immediately and Putnam also funded a search of the area. On January 5th, 1939, Amelia Earhart was declared legally dead. For years, mystery has surrounded Earhart's disappearance. Conspiracy theorists have suggested the possibility that she was a spy or assumed a new identity. She may have crashed in the ocean or she may have landed on a different island and ultimately perished. No matter what her fate, her legacy lives on as a central figure in the effort to bring air travel into the public consciousness, and as a pioneer for women's issues.